NewsFix in Space: 48th anniversary of NASA’s first moon landing, new campaign to preserve historic Mission Control

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HOUSTON — And now, it's time once again for NewsFix in Space!

Our latest adventure takes us to the moon, where 48 years ago, America's space agency did something spectacular!

"On July 20, 1969, we made history," Apollo Flight Director Gene Kranz said. "A group of young people came together to land the first man on the moon and bring him safely home."

"It's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," American astronaut Neal Armstrong announced from the moon as he set foot on another planet.

"I believe that this was the greatest engineering feat of the 20th Century," Kranz said.

During that fateful day, half a billion people watched the lunar landing on television from more than 200,000 miles away back on Earth. And a whole lot closer to home, officials at Space Center Houston just launched a kick-starter program to raise money for NASA's Mission Control.